3DPowerTools, Inc.
was founded in 1999 with the goal of providing high-quality modeling solutions
for AutoCAD. Jon Tyson, President and co-founder of 3DPowerTools, Inc.,
led the development team that implemented the new 3D graphics system in
AutoCAD 2000. This graphics system remains the mechanism for display
of 3D data in AutoCAD, Mechanical Desktop, and Architectural Desktop.
He also implemented a significant portion of the 2D graphics system
introduced with AutoCAD R14.